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Ryan O'Neal
Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal was an American actor. Born in Los Angeles, he trained as an amateur boxer before beginning a career in acting in 1960.
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entertainment · American actor (1941–2023) · actor · television actor · film actor · film producer · also Ryan O'Neal, Ryan O’Neal, Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal, Charles Patrick Ryan O’Neal, O'Neal
Born 20 April 1941 · Died 8 December 2023 · Q272923
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2026· 4 entries
“wondering why guys are always picking fights with me. If I”
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“five years away from winning acceptance as a serious actor”
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Public attention spiked: 15,890 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.5× the usual 2,879, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 2 entries
Yahoo: Is Ryan O'Neal Buried Next to Farrah Fawcett? What to Know About the Late Actor’s Death
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Yahoo: All About Ryan O'Neal's 4 Children, Including the Family's Ups and Downs Over the Years
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2023· 4 entries
The Guardian: Ryan O’Neal obituary
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The Guardian: Ryan O’Neal: a life in pictures
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The Guardian: Ryan O’Neal, Hollywood actor and star of Love Story, dies aged 82
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Died 2023-12-08.
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2018· 1 entry
Redmond was arrested and charged with attempted murder, robbery, assault and drug possession after he allegedly tried to rob a convenience store in Santa Monica
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2016· 1 entry
O'Neal reunited with Love Story co-star Ali MacGraw in a staging of A
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2015· 2 entries
The Guardian: Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw: 'Fame is brutal for women'
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Redmond's probation was revoked and he was sentenced to three years in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
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2013· 2 entries
The Guardian: Ryan O'Neal, Farrah Fawcett and Andy Warhol's moment of reality
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The Guardian: Ryan O'Neal fights to keep Warhol portrait of Farrah Fawcett
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2011· 2 entries
Ryan and Tatum attempted to restore their broken father/daughter relationship after 25 years
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Tatum published a book with her father and appeared with him on the TV show Ryan and Tatum: the O'Neals
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2009· 1 entry
Said that he "made a tremendous amount of money on real estate"
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2008· 1 entry
O'Neal and Redmond were arrested for drug possession in their Malibu home
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2007· 1 entry
O'Neal was arrested for shooting at Griffin, which he claimed was in self-defense; the charges were dropped
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2001· 3 entries
O'Neal and Fawcett reunited in 2001 and were together until her death in 2009.
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And were together until her death in 2009
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O'Neal was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)
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1985· 2 entries
O'Neal said the film was "all right but he [Kubrick] completely changed the picture during the year he spent editing it"
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O'Neal tried something different, playing an L
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1979· 1 entry
Produced a documentary, The Contender, about a boxer he managed
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1975· 1 entry
“all right but he [Kubrick] completely changed the picture during the year he spent editing it”
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor for Love Story (1971).
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1970· 1 entry
O'Neal played an Olympic athlete in The Games
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1969· 1 entry
Appeared in a TV version of Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
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1964· 3 entries
Was cast as Rodney Harrington in the prime time serial drama Peyton Place
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“the studio was looking for a young Doug McClure”
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Landed the role of Rodney Harrington on the ABC nighttime soap opera Peyton Place
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1963· 1 entry
The series was revived as Redigo, but O'Neal turned down the chance to reprise his role
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1941· 2 entries
The elder son of actress Patricia (née O'Callaghan) and novelist/screenwriter Charles O'Neal
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Born 1941-04-20.
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